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United Nations-Secretary General António Guterres today announced his appointment of Afshan Khan as Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement. Ms Khan will coordinate the implementation of the SUN Movement through its third phase (2021...

Rwanda has made addressing malnutrition a top priority, with the government and development partners investing significant resources in recent years to increase access to nutritious foods and raise awareness of their benefits. I n December 2022, the...

Breastfeeding is fundamental to good nutrition, food security and the reduction of inequalities​, and it is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival. Babies who are fed nothing but breast milk from birth to 6 months of age...

Reaffirming commitments to promoting good nutrition and ending malnutrition in all its forms throughout the continent, African Union Member States adopted the Abidjan Declaration. The declaration, which was adopted during high-level talks in Côte d...

With the completion of a two-day national workshop to prioritize nutrition interventions, Sudan has passed a key milestone in its efforts to develop its National Multisectoral Nutrition Plan 2023–2027. The workshop, which took place in Khartoum on 13...

On 7 December 2022, the SUN Civil Society Network (CSN) launched its very first Food Systems Community of Practice. This launch was a direct follow-up from the Virtual Assembly earlier in the year, which established Food Systems as one of the...

SUN Coordinator Gerda Verburg retired from her position on 31 December 2022, after serving more than six years. In this op-ed, she reflects on the successes and challenges for the SUN Movement during her tenure, and her hopes for the future of the...

More than 170 nutrition leaders from 10 countries across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region have today wrapped up a three-day Regional Gathering of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement designed to raise the ambition for nutrition action...

Members of the recently appointed Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group are already engaging at the global level in support of SUN Countries and nutrition action, demonstrating their shared commitment to bring nutrition to everyone...

Members of the recently appointed Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group are already engaging at the global level in support of SUN Countries and nutrition action, demonstrating their shared commitment to bring nutrition to everyone...

A Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Regional Gathering for the Latin America and Caribbean region is being convened 13-15 December in Panama City, Panama under the theme “One region, one goal: better nutrition for all” by the region’s six SUN Countries -...

SUN Countries, joined by the SUN Coordinator, actively participated in last month’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) to call for aligning climate and nutrition finance and to advance climate-resilient, nutrition-sensitive agrifood...

All over the world, SUN Countries are learning from each other, working together to end malnutrition in all its forms. Such peer exchanges are instrumental in helping countries find the best possible solutions to the most pressing challenges they...

The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement is pleased to announce the launch of its 2022 Joint Annual Assessment (JAA) process for SUN Countries. The JAA is a voluntary and country-led process, providing an opportunity for SUN Countries and country...

Twelve years ago, in the aftermath of a global food and nutrition crisis that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and impacted millions more, particularly those of women and children, the world came together with one of the boldest attempts to end...

Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Countries recognize the extremely powerful role the media plays in raising awareness of the importance of good nutrition and its benefits while also advocating for the right policies and governance structures to...

Sudan is experiencing high levels of malnutrition, particularly among children under 5 years of age, with 36.4 per cent stunted, 13.6 per cent wasted, 57.7 per cent vitamin A deficient, and 48.1 per cent anaemic. Because of this, an estimated 2.9...

At the opening of the international seminar “Aiming high: The challenges of governance to reduce chronic child malnutrition,” the President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, ratified his Government's goal of reducing chronic child malnutrition by six...

The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group convened last month at UNICEF Headquarters in New York City, during the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Week, to advance nutrition impact at a critical time when climate, conflict and...

As part of its efforts to step up the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement’s multisectoral and multi-stakeholder approach, the Ecuador Technical Secretariat to combat chronic childhood malnutrition has launched an initiative to award nutrition...